“Salmon for Soldiers” Fishing Event

The Outdoor Line on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Take a Warrior Fishing foundation are presenting the 1st Annual “Salmon for Soldiers” fishing event in Everett, Washington on Saturday, August 10th. What better way to say THANK YOU to our young wounded veterans than to spend a great day fishing with them on the Puget Sound.

The forecast calls for a record run of pink salmon to the Puget Sound this summer and August is also a great time to hook into a king salmon or perhaps an early silver salmon. Fish will be caught, these young soldiers will smile, and you’ll get to meet some of America’s genuine war hero’s. Everyone wins at an event like this!

We expect as many as 100 wounded veterans from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to participate in the event and we need boats, boats, and more boats to help the cause. You can be responsible for putting a smile on these young soldiers faces, many of whom have been wounded in combat and are now trying to put their lives back together here at home.

As many as 100 O.E.F. and O.I.F. wounded veterans and their caretakers will be participating in this event and boats are needed. To volunteer your boat, time and fishing gear to this great cause, or if you know a wounded warrior that would like to go out, please contact Randy Shelton at 425-330-0415 or by email at cabincreekadventures@yahoo.com.

This is going to be a great event and the crew at Salmon for Soldiers appreciates any help you can provide. Contact either Randy Shelton or Rob Endsley to see how you can get involved.

I would love to help out. I’m not a wounded warrior but served in the 101st Airborne 20 years ago and am an avid fisherman now. I have a 23 foot 2007 Rouge jet boat. Inboard engine Jet 8.1 – made for catching fish. I’m happy to provide all rods, tackle & drinks.

I can take out 2 warriors (with their spouses/friends) total 4 people I can host. I will be there with my wife helping.

My son is a combat injured US Marine (Daniel Centilli). He has been diagnosed with PTSD, TBI and Bi Polar Disorder. He recently was released from a psychiatric (Military) hospital after four months there to be stabilized. He is unexpectedly getting to come home for the holidays (12/23 – 01/05).

I was looking for something that he and his Dad might be able to do together – they are avid fisherman and love to hunt. Do yall have anything available soon or something he might qualify for in the near future? It has been a really rough year for our family.